Teachers are our problem

Have you noticed that after every school disaster, teachers come
out on the offensive? If you criticize grades, maintenance, safety
or lack of supplies, they respond the same way. You are guaranteed
to hear chants from teachers asking for more parent involvement,
higher pay and more of your tax dollars.

I notice they never take the blame for anything that goes on in
the classrooms, but they are the only paid adults in the
classrooms. Instead of criticizing parents and taxpayers, why don't
the teachers give their solutions?

I am tired of hearing that higher pay would solve the problems.
Are teachers holding our children hostage? Are they saying that
they could teach our children better, but unless we give them more
money, they will not do their job?

More than 50 percent of our state budget goes for public
education. Teachers have enough money; they should get to work.

We send children to public schools and they become homicidal or
suicidal. Do we want Ms. Evileen in the classroom teaching how to
walk on grease and turn the phrase, "Super-size that order,
sir?"

We used to teach skills for Macdonald Douglas, now it's just for
McDonalds.

I want a teacher to tell me what part of this problem is his or
her responsibility. Responsibility means no excuses for failure. I
no longer want to hear about parents joining the PTA or attending
school board meetings. Teachers do not want parents involved when
the parents disagree with them. It would be nice to hear from
teachers describing what area of public school life they are
responsible for.

When something goes wrong, when is it the teacher's fault?
Judging by teachers' reactions, they are not responsible for
anything.

I do not need teachers to tell me the parents' problem; tell me
the teachers' problem.

I know there are good teachers out there, but their silence is
adding to the problem. The only response from teachers or their
unions will be the blame game.

They blame parents and taxpayers and whine about lack of
funding. They know that smaller class sizes mean more union dues
collected, not more children taught.

It seems teachers are only good at making excuses, not making
the grade. My sister is a teacher; so was one of my brothers. I
have an uncle who spent 30 years as a public school teacher and one
who is a college instructor. What it takes to be a great teacher is
love and dedication -- to the children, not to the union.

There is something seriously wrong in our public schools. Our
children are coming home begging to be home-schooled. Children are
so depressed they must be drugged to attend school. Many of our
children are seeing counselors, not for guidance, but for anger
management. They are teaching conflict resolutions, not studying
skills.

Teachers may not like my observations and they will really
dislike my solutions. Give me the 50 percent of our state budget
that goes to education and I would solve the problem. However, many
teachers would be working elsewhere. We would have a school built
on education, not indoctrination, and we would take full
responsibility for the performance of those under our care. There
would be no whining and no blaming, just education.

It really is not a question of how much you love children, but
can you teach them? Do not bore me with your intentions, what are
your results?

If you wish to spend 18 months earning a useless teaching
credential, that is your business. However, we expect you to
educate and motivate our children, with no excuses. If teachers
cannot do their job, they should take their good intentions and sit
on the beach visualizing world peace. But stop inflicting so much
pain upon our children.